The Team
The PPUFMP team is composed of residents, landscape architects, and arborists who are committed to the community and experienced in planning and urban forestry. The team is led by landscape architects Pamela Palmer and Lisa Gimmy.
Pamela Palmer, RLA, ASLA
President, ARTECHO Architecture and Landscape Architecture
Lead consultant for the Santa Monica Urban Forest Master Plan and co-lead consultant for the Culver City Urban Forest Master Plan.
Lisa Gimmy, RLA, ASLA, LEED, AP
Founding Principal, Lisa Gimmy Landscape Architecture
Co-lead consultant for Culver City Urban Forest Master Plan
David Card
President, Palisades Forestry Committee
Landscape designer and leader in the Pacific Palisades reforestation
Kelly Comras, RLA, FASLA
Principal, Kelly Comras Landscape Architecture
Research and publication on topics relating to the study and analysis of cultural landscapes
Wally Marks
President, Walter N. Marks Realty
Pacific Palisades resident and Fiske Street Block Captain
Randy Young
Founder, Pacific Palisades Historical Society
Co-author of Pacific Palisades: Where the Mountains Meet the Sea, and Santa Monica Canyon: A Walk Through History, with Betty Lou Young
Consultants
Nick Araya, ISA Board Certified Master Arborist
Principal/Owner, TreeCareLA
Karina Nordbak, ISA Board Certified Master Arborist
Principal/Owner, TreeCareLA
Sycamore trees on San Lorenzo Street. Photograph by Randy Young, 2026
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PHOTO CREDIT: Jacaranda trees on San Lorenzo Street. Photograph by Randy Young, 2026.